Snow-guard



F. A. PETER.

SNOW GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I8, i9l9.

1,366,703. Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

PATENT i tries.

FRANCIS A. PETER, OF NEWSIDE, FENNSYLVA'NIA.

SNOW -GUARD.

Application filed September 18, 1919.

To all whom it 'nutg concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS A. PETER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newside, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Guards, of which the following'is aspecification.

My invention relates to that type of snow guard adapted to be used on roofs of all kinds to prevent a large body of snow from,

sliding over the eaves of the roof.

The invention consists, primarily, of a flat strap or bar, preferably of wrought metal. designed at one end to be secured to the roof structure while its other end is provided with an upward return open bend, and a guard constructed to have interlocking engagement with the said return bend and be secured thereto without the intervention of pins, bolts and the like; and my invention consists further in the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a roof with my improwd guard attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the anchor portion of my improved guard.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the guard.

Fig. 4. is a front elevation of the guard Fig. 5 is a bottom elevation of the guard.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the guard.

The reference numeral 1 designates a roof of any desired character to which the anchor bar 2 is suitably secured by means of nails, screws and the like, said anchor bar being composed of a flat piece of, preferably, wrought metal of suitable width, one end of which is provided with a series of nail openings 3 while its other end is provided with an upward open return bend, the portion 4; of said bend being spaced above and parallel with the top face of the anchor bar as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Preferably I secure a rivet 5 through the body of the bar 2 and the bend portion a which rivet is spaced a suitable distance from the end of the bar as clearly illus' trated in the drawing.

The guard comprises an upright member 6 of any suitable or desired configuration with sufficient spread each side of the anchor bar to function as a snow guard. The guard is provided with an opening 7 near its base through which the free end of the bend 4. is adapted to project. 8 is a base extending forwardly from the guard with its upper face in alinement with the lower face of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Serial No. 324,380.

opening 7, said base being provided with a slot 9 adapted to receive the body of the rivet 5 exposed between the bend 4; and the body of the anchor 2 as shown in Fig. 1, the base 8 extending under the bend portion at as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Depending from the base 8 are flanges 10 which extend from one end of the base to the other, the inner walls of which flanges diverge from the rear of the guard toward the front of the guard as clearly shown in Fig. 5, said diverging walls being indicated by the reference numeral 11 whereby a throat 12 is formed under and in line with the slot 7 said throat being substantially the width of the slot 7 and of the anchor bar 2. The flanges 10 extend the full length of the base 8. The base 8 is provided with a notch 13 at the front end on each side of the slot 9, which notches are adapted to receive the extreme bent end portion of the.

. anchor bar and function to hold the guard against rocking or sidewise movement relative to the outer end of the anchor as will be readily understood.

Two ribs 14, one on either side of the slot 7 extend from the front face of the guard 6 to the outer end of the base 8 and function as a further means to prevent relative sidewise movement of the guard relative to the anchor bar 2..

It will be noted that when the guard is assembled on the anchor bar the tendency of the guard to tilt, under the weight of the snow, is resisted by the fact that the base of the guard is confined between the bend portion 4: and the main body portion of the anchor, and in order to rigidify the bend a against any tendency to an upward movement under a load I tie it to the main body of the anchor by means of the rivet 5. The positioning of the free end of the bend 4: in the slot 7 functions as a further means against relative sidewise movement between the guard and its anchor bar 2 and also prevents the guard from tilting under the weight of the snow.

it will be noted that the walls of the slot 9 diverge from the closed end ofthe slot toward the open'end of the slot whereby the guard may be very readily slipped under the bend 1, the convergence of the walls at the closed end of the slot centering the guard relative to the pivot and to the anchor bar.

It will be noted that the anchor bar or stem is deflected upwardly as at 15, thereby forn1- ing a shoulder 16 on top of the anchor bar against which the edge of a shingle or slate may abut and shoulder 17 on the bottom of the bar which is adapted to abut against the upper edge of a' slate or shingle.

What I claim is 7 1. In a snow guard for roofs, a guard member having a base extending at an angle therefrom, a slot through said member above the upper face of the base, a groove in the under face of thebase extending lengthwise thereof, and shoulders at the end of the slot in the base.

2. In a snow guard for roofs, a guard member having a base extending at an angle therefrom, a slot through said member above the upper face of the base, and a groove in the under face of the base extending length- Wise thereof and in line with said slot, a slot through the base extending lengthwise thereof and shoulders at the end of the slot in the base, in combination with an anchor comprising a fiat bar having at one end an open return bend adapted to enter the slot in the guard member a portion of the main body of the anchor being seated in the groove in the base a rivet extending between the body of the anchor bar and the return bend adapted to enter the slot in the base, that portion of the anchor bar at the juncture of the return bend of the main body adapted to be seated on the shoulders at the end of the slot in the base.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature FRANCIS A. PETER. 

